Shield for furnaces



(No Model.) I W. McGALLIP.

SHIELD FOR FURNACES.

No. 245,190. Patented Aug. 2,1881.

WITNESSES .hsami B kw Attorneys N. PEFERS. PhaloLilhn UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM W. MGOALLIP, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

SH I'ELD FOR FURNACES.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 245,190, dated August 2, 1881. Application filed June 9, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. MoOAL- LIP, of Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and panying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a front perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view on the line as as. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on the lineyy; and Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view, showing perforated pipe 0.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like letters of reference.

This invention relates to an improved shield or screen to be arranged in front of puddlin g and other furnaces in order to protect the workmen from the excessive heat thrown out; and it consists, essentially, of a single shield or plate combined with a perforated pipe by which its surface may becovered with a continuously-flowing sheet of water, suitable supply-pipes, and a waste pipe or gutter to carry the waste water back to the bosh, as will be. hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings hereto annexed, Arepreseuts a flat shield or screen of plate metal, preferably iron, which is corrugated longitudiually near its upper end, forming a groove or recess, B, to receive the perforated pipe 0, which is held in position by suitable staples or rings D. The shield A is provided with books E, by which it is suspended upon a rod, F, running in front'of the furnaces.

of the perforated pipe 0 is closed, and the other end is connected by flexible tubing G with the bosh or sink, from which water may be One end forced by any suitable mechanism into said pipe, escaping through the perforations in the latter and trickling from the groove or recess B in a constant stream or sheet down over the surface of the shield. The latter is provided at its lower endor edge with an open or partly-opeu pipe or gutter, H, which conducts the waste water through a suitable connectingtube, I, back to the bosh.

Near its lower end the shield A is provided with a door-opening, J, corresponding in position with the door of the furnace, to which access may thus be had. The said door-opening J is provided with a gutter-flange, K, to defiect the water-sheet from the furnace-door and conduct it into the waste pipe or gutter H.

The shield A is provided at its upper end with a bail, L, capable of being adjusted upon a hook, M, upon the'lever N, which is employed for the purpose of raising or opening the furnace-door. By this means the shield may be raised, together with the furnace-door, when a pile or ball is to be removed from the furnace.

From the foregoing description the opera tion and advantages of my invention will be readily understood. My improved furnaceshield is simple, light, inexpensive, and easily adjusted and manipulated.

Having thus described my invention, [claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- The hereinde'scribed furnace-shield, having perforated pipe (J and flexible connecting-tube G, in combination with mechanism for raising and lowering said shield, as herein described, for the purpose shown and specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM WATERMAN MOCALLIP.

Witnesses:

NATHAN B. MARPLE, EDWARD D. MINOR. 

